REMEMBRANCE

1. REMEMBRANCE is intrinsic nature of God; the All-Knowing God, watching over His PROMISES to accomplish His PURPOSE, “So shall my WORD be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it SHALL NOT RETURN UNTO ME VOID, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it” [Isaiah 55:11] When the deluge ravaged the earth and it seemed there was no end to destruction of lives and property, God REMEMBERED Noah, “And God REMEMBERED Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged” [Genesis 8:1] God’s faculty of REMEMBRANCE is not limited by TIME; in the 430th year of Israel’s sojourn in Egypt, God REMEMBERED His COVENANT with Abraham and moved to JUDGE Egypt and DELIVER His people, “And God heard their groaning, and God REMEMBERED his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob” [Exodus 2:24] God “REMEMBERS” and every time He does, it is to REWARD the FAITHFUL and JUDGE the REBELLIOUS, and now looms the last time when every man's WORK shall be brought to REMEMBRANCE, “And, behold, I COME QUICKLY; and MY REWARD IS WITH ME, to give EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS HIS WORK shall be” [Revelation 22:12] ARE YOU READY? 

2. I call you to REMEMBRANCE in good conscience; recall how we were once without HOPE and enslaved to overbearing LUSTS of the flesh, “Wherefore REMEMBER, that ye being in time past Gentiles, … WITHOUT CHRIST, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world” [Ephesians 2:11-12] Recollect the JOY of SALVATION you received when you came to Jesus, the exhortation to forsake SIN and nurture your FAITH in PRESENT TRUTH, “And beside this, giving all diligence, ADD to your FAITH VIRTUE; and to virtue KNOWLEDGE; And to knowledge TEMPERANCE; and to temperance PATIENCE; and to patience GODLINESS; And to godliness BROTHERLY KINDNESS; and to brotherly kindness CHARITY” [2 Peter 1:5-7] If you’ve forgotten any or all of the above, I stir up your memory; recall also how there was no mention of earthly riches or the RAT RACE into which some have fallen and entangled themselves in “PERVERSE DISPUTINGS of men of CORRUPT MINDS, and DESTITUTE OF THE TRUTH, SUPPOSING THAT GAIN IS GODLINESS: from such withdraw thyself” [1 Timothy 6:5] How I wish we all REMEMBER and return to the foundation of the Apostles and Jesus Christ, our CORNER STONE. Putting aside all vanity, “… CALL TO REMEMBRANCE the FORMER DAYS, in which, after ye were ILLUMINATED, ye ENDURED a great fight of AFFLICTIONS” [Hebrews 10:32]

3. I call every Steward of the New Testament to REMEMBRANCE of PRESENT TRUTH in discharge of our onerous responsibilities, “Wherefore I will NOT BE NEGLIGIENT to put you always in REMEMBRANCE of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the PRESENT TRUTH” [2 Peter 1:12] Let us look back to former times when we burned with zeal for TRUTH and of conscientious labour of love and make amends, renouncing all works of dishonesty, “… NOT WALKING IN CRAFTINESS, nor HANDLING THE WORD OF GOD DECEITFULLY; but by MANIFESTATION OF THE TRUTH commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God” [2 Corinthians 4:2] REMEMBER among others, our conduct as Ministers of the GOSPEL is as important as how we handle the WORD of God; why tell the flocks our God is rich, yet place unending burdens on them to maintain a lifestyle contrary to Christ, “For they BIND HEAVY BURDENS and grievous to be borne, and LAY THEM ON MEN’S SHOULDERS; but they THEMSELVES WILL NOT MOVE THEM WITH THEIR FINGER” [Matthew 23:4] REMEMBER, the kingdom of God which we preach is neither a commercial enterprise nor family business but God’s Vineyard for which Jesus died on the Cross, “For the KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT MEAT and DRINK; but RIGHTEOUSNESS, and PEACE, and JOY in the HOLY GHOST” [Romans 14:17] Bear in mind, we shall all give account of our Stewardship, not to man but to the Lord, “And that SERVANT, WHICH KNEW HIS LORD’S WILL, and PREPARED NO HIMSELF, neither did according to his will, shall be BEATEN WITH MANY STRIPES” [Luke 12:47]

4. I have an unction to call men to REMEMBRANCE what Jesus said concerning the season of His appearance; a time of great instabilities and DECEPTION “For there shall arise FALSE CHRISTS, and FALSE PROPHETS, and shall shew great SIGNS and WONDERS; insomuch that, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, they DECEIVE the very ELECT” [Matthew 24:24] When those words were spoken some 2,000 years, it was hard to think of global conspiracy theories but with internet and social media, universal disinformation is staple diet. I call the Church to REMEBRANCE of these things; the ELECT will REMEMBER, turn to the Bible for rigorous STUDY and shall not be led astray, as it is written: “Of these things PUT THEM IN REMEMBRANCE, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF APPROVED unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” [2 Timothy2:14-15] The DAY and HOUR of His Coming we do not know and likewise do not know if we shall be alive or dead at His appearance. Whatever the case, I call you to REMEMBRANCE that we may not be found naked and ashamed at His appearance, “Yea, I think it meet, AS LONG AS I AM IN THIS TABERNACLE, to STIR YOU UP by putting you in REMEBRANCE” [2 Peter 2: 13] if you have not done so, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour today, Amen